§ Fox Valley Career Center Building Trades                                                              1999

o  Perfect attendance award, student of the month

§ Fox Valley Career Center Automotive                                                                    1998

o  Student of the month award          

Skills:

Ø      Organized- military discipline and efficiency

Ø      Educated- earning bachelor’s degree, trade school accreditations,

Ø      Team Player- work very well with others and also independently

Ø      Self-Starter- motivated to take initiative without direction

Ø      Performance Driven- competitive and self-improving personality

Ø      Outstanding Mechanical Aptitude- able to assemble, visualize, and understand                mechanically complex processes and conceptions

Ø      Proven Leadership Ability- honed throughout career in military and construction

Experience:

Waiward:  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd Crusher Shutdown- Ft McMurray AB    2015

Structural Ironworker

·  Replace critical components on crusher, surge bin, and slurry tower operations

·  Removal, field fabrication, and installation of hardened wear plates in crusher bin utilizing arc gouging, wire feed MIG welding, and oxyacetylene torch cutting to specifications

·  Removal and installation of steel conveyor pans on apron as well as wing walls and other structural components of mining operation. Torqueing to specifications.

·  Utilization of cranes of various sizes up to 250 ton for hoisting.

·  Complete Field level hazard assessments with crew daily ensuring safe working conditions

·  Work in various environments and conditions of live industrial oil sands mining plant.

Permasteelisa: Exxon Mobil Headquarters Campus Project- Houston, Texas       2014-2015

Ornamental Ironworker Foreman

·  Train and lead Ironworker crews in construction of Exxon’s new headquarter complex.

·  Installed over 2000 feet of ornamental coping on cap of Energy Center.

·  QA/QC for Ironworker/Glazier team.

·  Safety representative for our company; completed daily safety audits.

·  Installation of window and doors at campus (including the front entry to the Energy Center, the jewel of the campus).

·  Accomplished the layout of parking garage anchoring system and starter sill for prefabricated screen wall panels and stair towers with a tolerance of a 1/16^th of an inch

KBR: FFT/CFT Project- Fort McMurray, AB Canada 2014     

Structural Ironworker Foreman

·  Retrofit dredges used for water reclamation in the tailings lake at Syncrude for the FFT-CFSP project, worked composite with other trades.  

·  Understand the process of product purification-separation of oil, tailings, and fluids.

·  Installed new blower motor framework, catwalks, stairs, and handrail for water agitators.

·  Moved and landed a 1,000,000 lb barge to prepare for repairs.

·  QC/QA, punch list, finishing touches on work performed on dredge and at main project site.

Driver Iron-Cold Lake, AB Canada                        2013-2014

Structural Ironworker/Rigger

§ Rigging and connecting of prefabricated steel structures, tanks, vessels, and cooling equipment in excess of 350,000lbs.

§ Worked with multiple heavy lift cranes in compliance with progressive safety program.

§ Connection and torqueing of structural steel in complex and challenging environment.

§ Built catwalks, installed grating and handrails in extreme weather conditions.

§ Canadian safety training including, OSHA, fall protection, elevated work platform.

§ Industrial construction on Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) oil refinery.

United States Marine Corps Reserve- Great Lakes, IL2006- 2013

Planning Specialist- Staff Sergeant-Veteran

§    Accountable for billions of dollars in government assets including aviation, amphibious, tanks and other fighting vehicles, weapons systems, sophisticated electronics and other logistically supportive cargo, as well as thousands of Marines and Sailors.

§    Always volunteer for duty to austere environments such as Iraq, Afghanistan, 29 Palms, able to work effectively in very harsh climates.

§    Senior Manager responsible for training and managing a team of 5-15 Marines.

§    Meritoriously promoted to Sergeant, 4^th Award Expert Rifleman.

§    1^st Class Fitness test: 3 mile run in 22 min, 20+ pull-ups, 100+ crunches.

§    Graduated #1 out of 26 in my military occupation training school, honor graduate.

§    Responsible for the entire logistical coordination of deploying Marine forces worldwide as large as 60,000 Marines and Sailors.

§    Coordinate with higher echelons of command to communicate mission status and intent.

§    Top Secret Clearance, honorably discharged veteran.

Basden Steel, Cotton Bowl Stadium renovation-Burleson, TX                                       2013

Structural Ironworker/Rigger

§ Installed steel structural support frame for ornamental screen wall around the Cotton Bowl stadium from March 2013-July 2013.

§ FCAW and SMAW welding of galvanized structural members.

§ Installation of steel decking and plate pour-stop.

§ Connecting and torqueing of structural steel members in mezzanine and elevator shaft.

§ Layout and installation of columns and bracing on radius and elevated at an angle.

§ Setup and utilize Crawler and RT cranes, utilize hand signals to direct crane operator.

§ Rigging of various tubes, beams, columns, stringers. Some unconventional rigging.

Guardian Construction Products-Naperville, IL                                                      2010-2013

Structural/Miscellaneous/Detail Ironworker

§ Rigging of structural steel members such as beams, columns, joists, stairs, and prefabricated structures. Thorough knowledge of shop and field blueprints.

§ SMAW welding of structural and miscellaneous steel, and stainless steel.

§ Ornamental steel stair construction, terrazzo stairs, concrete stairs.

§ Ornamental handrail receiving, staging, installation, and welding.

§ Crane signaling, and set-up and take down.

§ Connecting and torqueing of structural steel members.

§ Steel decking installation and welding, Nelson stud installation.

§ Several reinforcing projects including Holy Name Cathedral, and Navistar.

§ Confined space training and experience.

§ Completed many galvanized steel products.

Meccor-Chicago, IL                                                                       2009-2010

Structural/Ornamental Ironworker

§ Restoration of Historic Chicago Landmark, Sullivan Center and Lincoln Park.

§ Installation of refurbished 100 year old cast iron curtain wall.

§ Rigging of oddly shaped, ornate, and fragile cast iron panels.

§ Installation and operation of trolley hoisting system and support scaffolding.

§ Erection of ornamental handrail in Lincoln Park, SMAW welding.

§ Drill and Tap new bolt up connections in numerous panels.

RWC Windows-Chicago, IL           2009

Ornamental Ironworker

§ Installation of punch-out, pre-assembled windows on 60 story and 30 story buildings.

§ Ornamental Glass balcony railings and gasket systems, foreman for small installation crews.

§ Unloaded and staged materials.

§ Align and shim windows accordingly.

§ Apply caulk and sealants as necessary.

§ Build large curtain wall store front and panoramic window systems.

Permasteelisa- Chicago, IL                        2007-2009

Ornamental Ironworker

Ornamental Ironworker

§ Installation of prefabricated curtain wall cladding system on 40, 50, and 60 story high rise buildings.

§ Blue Cross Blue Shield vertical expansion, first add-on to an existing high rise building.

§ Perform architectural, ornamental, and structural metal fabrication and installation as foreman and lead hand.

§ Glazing of windows, rubber and silicone sealant installation.

§ Knowledge of gasket systems and moisture weeping system.

§ Applied silicone caulk to seal joints in window wall system.

§ Layout of windows utilizing precision instruments such as the Total Station TS02/06/09.

§ Oxy-acetylene torch cutting, Installation and use of monorail erection system.

§ Read and understand shop fabrication and field installation blueprints.

§ Installation of ornamental doors and balcony railings. 

§ Experienced using auto levels and other finish tools.

§ Experienced and Certified small crane operator/ forklift operator (Valla Crane).

§ Use of hand tools and measuring devices, instruments, and laser levels.

Project Showcase List

·  CNRL Oil Sands Mine shutdown-Waiward Steel

·  Exxon Mobil Global Campus -Permasteelisa

·  Syncrude  FFT-CFSP – KBR

·  Nabiye SAGD Oil Sands extraction plant new construction- JV Driver

·  Cotton Bowl Renovation Project-Basden Steel Fabricators

·  Holy Name Cathedral Renovation-Guardian

·  St Stanislaus structural reinforcement-Guardian

·  5 Chicago area public school construction projects-Guardian

·  Lewis university  addition-Guardian

·   Navistar production plant expansion-Guardian

·  Sullivan Center historical renovation-Meccor

·  Lincoln Park renovation-Meccor

·  The Elysian Tower-RWC

·  320 Cermak Condos-RWC

·  Blue Cross Blue Shield Vertical Expansion-Permasteelisa

·  300 N LaSalle- Permasteelisa

·  600 N Fairbanks- Permasteelisa